就诊

jiù zhěn · HSK 7

to seek medical advice

🩺 就 (go to) + 诊 (diagnosis) = go get a diagnosis, i.e. see a doctor

诊 carries the speech radical 讠plus 㐱, used for a doctor examining and diagnosing. Pair it with 就 (to go to / approach) and 就诊 is the act of going in to be examined.

就 — 京 (capital) + 尤 (especially)
Originally a compound suggesting going to a high place (京 depicts a tall building) to settle or accomplish something. Over time the meaning shifted from 'approach a high place' to 'go to,' then broadened to 'accomplish,' and finally to the modern grammatical senses 'then,' 'just,' or 'precisely.'

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